Posted on 10/24/2012 7:17:09 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
'World's worst airline' launches online booking
Air Koryo, the North Korean carrier described as “the world’s worst airline”, has finally moved into the digital age with its first online booking service.
The state-owned airline, which is the only one in the world with just one star according to the ranking service Skytrax, now sells flights from Pyongyang to Beijing and Shenyang in China, and Vladivostok in Russia, on its website.
The website (www.airkoryo.com.kp/en), which launched in August, promises “easier, quicker, reliable booking and ticketing services.”
Early reports seems to suggest the website is unlikely to help the North Korean flag carrier shake its one-star rating, however. Users have already reported slow response speeds, with some searches not offering any availability for flights, while others result in an error message appearing on the screen.
The one-star rating, according to Skytrax, is reserved for airlines that offer a “very poor quality performance… with poor, inconsistent standards of ….service …in on-board and airport environments.”
According to Reuters, the majority of the Air Koryo’s fleet consists of Russian-made Tupolev aircraft, although older planes constructed in the former Soviet Union are used for domestic flights.
The majority of its aircraft are banned from operating in the EU.
While it is the only airline to have the one-star rating, there are 29 functioning airlines listed with a two-star Skytrax rating, defined as representing “poor, inconsistent standards.”
Air Zimbabwe, Bulgaria Air and Ryanair are among the airlines listed in this category.
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If you think that is bad you should see their rusty, decrepid amusement park roller coaster...
Roller Coaster of Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1_D1F5NjI
So how was Johannesburg? I found out half an hour ago that my daughter has decided to accept a position at a university there. She's excited to have a job. I'm kind of crushed. (Thanks Obama, for the lousy employment situation in this country.)
from the stories I read on FR, your daughter must be insane to want to go there. Just judging from the bad things I guess.
Flew Air France about a decade ago. To this day I still have no idea what that crap was that Air France served as a “meal.”
Stews were pretty, though.
You are not properly appreciating the distances!
| Bejing | 506 miles |
| Shenyang | 229 miles |
| Vladivostok | 421 miles |
Can you imagine how long would it take on a horse to walk?
“In case of crash, first unbolt sofa and remove from in front of emergency exit. Look out window to check for fire. Then pull handle and lift emergency exit away. If you do not feel that you can physically move the sofa, ask the flight attendant to move you away from the exit row.”
They need to cut the weeds down around the coaster lol.
So where do they find the dogs? Oh that's where.
Maybe when the park closes they let in some starving peasants to eat the grass?
“Stop complaining. North Koreans have ratted out family members for less.”
I thought everything under communist dictators HAS to be great.
Sean Penn told me so.
Wait- is the couch in front of the escape exit?
America’s future if Obama gets re-elected.
That was good. Didn’t quite get all the jokes, but it was neat.
Yes. Yes it is.
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At least it doesn’t have wooden benches like some rumors of old Aeroflot
They’re just hacked off because Korean Air has those cool commercials.
C'mon. North Korea may be primitive but at least it's not American Airlines.
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